Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas, both Ballon d'Or winners, were Barca's heroes in Bilbao.

Bonmati opened the scoring in the 63rd minute and, after surviving an onslaught of Lyon pressure, Barca made sure of a famous victory in stoppage-time, Putellas lashing home with her left foot after a sweeping counter-attack.

It marked Barca's first win over Lyon as it became the first team since Arsenal in 2007 to win four trophies in a single season.

Lyon and Barca went into the final having scored 70 goals between them in this season's competition.

But it was a cagey first half, with Barca's Caroline Graham Hansen looking the most likely to spark the match into life.

That changed just after the hour when Bonmati, last year's Ballon d'Or winner, saw a close-range cross-shot divert in off the unfortunate Vanessa Gilles, after a slick move had put the Spain international through down the left-hand side of the area.

Lyon, the eight-time European champion, could have been 2-0 down soon after, but Selma Bacha made a vital challenge to deny Graham Hansen what would have been a deserved goal.

The French giant aimed to make its defender's good work count, with substitute Ada Hegerberg entering the fray.

Hegerberg, the all-time leading scorer in the UEFA Women's Champions League headed over from her best chance, as Barca's defenders, and goalkeeper Catalina Coll, who took a nasty hit to the head, fought stoically to clear her lines.

Lyon's hopes were extinguished as another fine Barca move saw the ball worked back to Putellas in the area, and she unleashed an unstoppable effort into the roof of the net.

For the first time in 17 years, and the first time since the rebranding of the UEFA Women's Champions League, a team has won three domestic trophies and the European crown.

This Barca side, coached by Jonatan Giraldez, is a special bunch. 

It has scored 129 goals in Liga F this season, winning 27 of their 28 games and drawing the other, conceding just nine times, and now it has a third UEFA Women's Champions League title in the space of four years.

Bonmati and Putellas, the Ballon d'Or-winning duo, served up the key moments, but the whole team delivered a stellar performance to finally end the hoodoo against Lyon.

Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor is expected to join Chelsea ahead of next season, as the Blues' replacement for Emma Hayes.

The 43-year-old has had an incredible tenure at Lyon, winning the Division 1 Feminine on three occasions and the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021-2022.

Despite falling short at the final hurdle this time, she will leave a club legend.